PMID- 11027911
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20001214
LR  - 20190915
IS  - 0885-3924 (Print)
IS  - 0885-3924 (Linking)
VI  - 20
IP  - 4
DP  - 2000 Oct
TI  - Course of symptoms and quality of life measurement in Complex Regional Pain 
      Syndrome: a pilot survey.
PG  - 286-92
AB  - Few data have been published regarding the natural history, course of symptoms, 
      and quality of life in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS). To obtain 
      preliminary data regarding these important issues in CRPS, a set of patient 
      self-report questionnaires were mailed to patients with the diagnosis of CRPS who 
      had been assessed and/or treated at a tertiary university-based pain center in 
      the United States. Self-reports of demographic information, symptoms, the 
      Neuropathic Pain Scale, and a modified Brief Pain Inventory (mBPI) were received 
      from 31 CRPS patients. Approximately 75% of patients reported initial symptoms of 
      pain, swelling, coldness, and color changes. An additional 71% had weakness and 
      inability to move the extremity as initial symptoms. Weakness at some time during 
      their course of CRPS was described by 97%. A majority reported no overall 
      improvement or worsening of symptoms over time (mean 3.3 years). The pain 
      descriptors with the highest mean values were "deep" (6.4/10), "unpleasant" 
      (6.4), "sensitive" (5.7), "surface" (5.4), and "dull" (5.3) pains. Significant 
      sleep disturbance was reported by 80%. CRPS had a severe impact on quality of 
      life, with substantial interference reported in 9 of 10 mBPI activity items by a 
      majority of these patients. These findings should be viewed with caution and 
      should not be generalized to the entire CRPS population because the cohort was 
      small and select. A large multicenter prospective study needs to be performed to 
      validate these preliminary findings.
FAU - Galer, B S
AU  - Galer BS
AD  - Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care, Beth Israel Medical Center, New 
      York, NY 10003, USA.
FAU - Henderson, J
AU  - Henderson J
FAU - Perander, J
AU  - Perander J
FAU - Jensen, M P
AU  - Jensen MP
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - J Pain Symptom Manage
JT  - Journal of pain and symptom management
JID - 8605836
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Complex Regional Pain Syndromes/*diagnosis/epidemiology/*psychology
MH  - Demography
MH  - Disease Progression
MH  - Female
MH  - Functional Laterality/physiology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Hypokinesia/etiology
MH  - Immobilization/physiology
MH  - Male
MH  - Pain Measurement/psychology/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Pilot Projects
MH  - Psychophysiology/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Quality of Life/*psychology
MH  - Sleep Wake Disorders/etiology/psychology
MH  - Stress, Physiological/complications
EDAT- 2000/10/12 11:00
MHDA- 2001/02/28 10:01
CRDT- 2000/10/12 11:00
PHST- 2000/10/12 11:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2001/02/28 10:01 [medline]
PHST- 2000/10/12 11:00 [entrez]
AID - S0885-3924(00)00183-4 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/s0885-3924(00)00183-4 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Pain Symptom Manage. 2000 Oct;20(4):286-92. doi: 10.1016/s0885-3924(00)00183-4.